Crank Media Review: Ghetto Hillbillies

Ghetto Hillbillies..... if nothing else this film has a title that'll catch your eye.  Its a film that leans in to the stereotypes people like to paint on the state…

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Crank Media Review: Lisa Rands Hit List

The To-Do list.  Its a staple of getting through your trip to the grocery store, a home improvement project, or the workday.  For many climbers, its also a way to…

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Crank Media Review: Out of Sight II

Neil Hart is back with another installment of "hidden" gems in the forest of Font, with Out of Sight II.Like the first film, Neil has been kind enough to put…

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Crank Media Review: Out of Sight

Fontainebleau is Mecca for boulderers.  Don't believe me?  Bleau.info has a log of 245 sectors and almost 30,000 boulder problems listed for Font. Speaking of famous forest, Neil Hart has made…

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Crank Media Review: Frequent Flyers

What makes a "perfect" boulder?Is it the tangibles like moves, the texture, the location, the difficulty? Is it the intangibles like the history, the weather, who you were with at…

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Crank Media Review: Beyond Gravity

If you're a collector of climbing films, there are some that pop up on your radar constantly.  These are films that despite being two decades old, there are still plenty…

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Crank Media Review: Soul Cal

Southern California... So Cal, or Soul Cal?From Paul Dusatko, who brought us skate-film-esque films like Inertia, and thoughtful profile pieces like A Day in the Life: 5 Women Who Climb, comes Soul…

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Crank Media Review: Underdeveloped

There's climbing in Ireland?Yes, there's plenty of climbing in Ireland, and Underdeveloped captures it at a very relateable level. It's a relatively "low budget" film compared to some other offerings,…

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Crank Media Review: Rotpunkt

Rotpunkt. If you don't speak German, it means Redpoint.  Believe it or not, the transition from aid climbing being "climbing" to free climbing being "climbing" is only four-ish decades in the…

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Crank Media Review: Autana

And now for something completely different. Most of the recent reviews have been bouldering flicks, but there are other kinds of climbing, and we're going to the opposite end of…

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